Ivar Broman

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Ivar Broman around 1928.

Ivar Broman (born September 19, 1868 in the Församling Östraby, Hörby municipality , † May 11, 1946 in Lund ) was a Swedish anatomist and embryologist .

Life

Broman comes from a poor background. His father, Jöns Broman, was a tailor. However, thanks to local benefactors, he still had the option of higher education. After finishing school in 1890 enrolled him at the University of Lund for medicine to study. He received his medical degree in 1895 and Broman disputed in 1899. In the same year he became a lecturer in anatomy and histology . Broman stayed for studies at Uppsala University and in Kiel . He collected embryos on a research trip to Africavarious mammals . In 1909 he was appointed professor of anatomy in Lund .

Broman was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and from 1906 the Royal Physiographical Society in Lund . In 1926 he was also elected a member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy .

Act

Broman showed an early interest in embryology and comparative anatomy . He has published several books and scientific papers on these subjects. He later wrote a number of articles for daily newspapers, in which he reported on new scientific discoveries and dealt with health care. Broman co-founded the Tornblad Institute, a research institute for embryology in Lund.

Politically, he showed strong emotional ties to Germany, where he had many friends and contacts in medicine. Broman was one of the founders of the nationalist imperial union Sweden-Germany . Although not a member of a nationalist party, Broman was an admirer of the science and culture of the Third Reich . In some of his writings, modern scientific perspectives are mixed with aspects of cleansing and radical biological arguments.

Bromans grave on Norra kyrkogården in Lund

Broman's estate is now kept in Lund University Library. He is buried on Norra kyrkogården in Lund.

literature

  • Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift. 01/02/2004; 8 (1): 120-6. ISSN  1402-9871 .
  • Carl af Petersens & Anders Malm: Lunds universitets matrikel 1899 . Lund 1898-1899.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Svensk tidskrift medicinhistorisk. February 1, 2004; 8 (1): 120
  2. ↑ today corresponds to the Bachelor's degree
  3. ↑ Svensk tidskrift medicinhistorisk. February 1, 2004; 8 (1): 120
personal data
SURNAME Broman, Ivar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish anatomist and embryologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Församling Östraby, Hörby (municipality)
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1946
Place of death Lund